What is the status of crucial decisions, such as the environmental assessment needed to build an airfield for the marines to replace the existing runway at MCAS Futenma on Okinawa, and funding by Japan to support this move?

can I get your assurance that each contract or task or delivery order carried out in the future for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of expeditionary facilities for the Army incorporates generally accepted…

I can think of no higher calling in law or policy than the care, rehabilitation, and well-being of wounded warriors.

This needs to be reversed. It does.

To both of you for a very brief response, if you will.

General Amos and General Chiarelli, what do your Services gain from this increase in terms of skills and capabilities, units, and increased dwell time between deployments?

We know both the Chinese and the Russians are making something that would put our kids at a handicap down the road.

What is your level of confidence that the move to Guam can be completed on schedule?

So you're fairly confident that the training that we provided is sufficient for these troops either to transition from Iraq to Afghanistan or to be redirected to Afghanistan?

How many BCTs need to be rated C-2 or above in order for the Army to declare a restoration of the desire rebalancing?

The decision underscores how military commanders are scrambling to meet President Obama's order.

The incidences of suicides, particularly in the Army, were increasing at an alarming rate.